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- **MahJongg Solitaire**
-
- **by**
-
- **Arthur Crump**
-
- **Table of Contents**
- **=================**
- 1. Getting Started
- a. How to Play MahJongg
- b. Requirements
- c. Installation & Setup
- d. Starting MahJongg Solitaire
- 2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support
- 3. How to Contact Us
-
- **1. Getting Started**
- **==================**
-
- **a. How to Play MahJongg**
- **-----------------------**
-
- There are many variations of the ancient Chinese game
- of Mah Jongg, MahJongg Solitaire is one variation.
-
- Mah Jongg is played with 144 tiles: 36 sticks (tiles
- with spears or bamboo), 36 wheels (tiles with coins,
- wheels, or shields), 36 Numbers (tiles numbered 1-9),
- 16 winds (tiles with east, south, west and north
- compass directions), 12 dragons (4 red, 4 green
- and 4 blue dragon tiles), 4 flowers (plum, orchid,
- mum, or bamboo flowers), and 4 seasons (spring,
- summer, autumn, and winter) tiles.
-
- MahJongg Solitaire tiles are placed on the board
- in a dragon pattern. Each time a plyer starts a
- new game, the tiles are randomly placed on the
- board next to each other, with some tiles on top of
- others, in a dragon pattern.
-
- The goal of MahJongg Solitaire is to remove matching
- tiles off the board two at a time. To do this, a player
- must first remove the outer tiles and the tiles on top
- of others. An outer tile is any tile with only one tile
- touching it on either side, and no tiles atop of it.
-
- Only matching tiles can be removed with the exception
- of the season and flower tiles. Any flower tile can
- match any other flower tile, and any season tile can
- match any other season tile.
-
- Tiles can be selected by clicking on a tile and then
- clicking on a matching tile. If the tiles are a match,
- the two tiles will be removed from the board, otherwise
- the computer will beep once.
-
- At the top left of the screen is the number of tiles
- remaining. If you need help finding matching tiles,
- click on 'Hint' under the 'Options' menu.
-
- The game is over if a player removes all of the tiles
- from the board, or if there are no more matching tiles
- remaining.
-
- **b. System Requirements**
- **----------------------**
-
- To run MahJongg Solitaire, you'll need the following system:
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- An IBM-compatible, 486 or better computer
- Four Megabytes of RAM
- A VGA monitor
- Windows 95, or Windows 98
- Hard Disk with two Megabytes free
- Mouse
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- You'll have more fun with these recommended additions:
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- Pentium processor
- Eight Megabytes of RAM
-
- **c. Installation and Setup**
- **-------------------------**
-
- 1. To get started with MahJongg Solitaire on a hard disk:
- a. Insert the MahJongg Solitaire disk in your
- floppy disk drive ('A', or 'B')
- b. From Windows 'run' A:\setup or B:\setup" and press
- Enter.
- c. Follow the screen directions.
-
- **d. Starting MahJongg Solitaire**
- **------------------------------**
-
- To start the game, double click on the MahJongg Solitaire
- icon in Windows.
-
- **2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support**
- **======================================**
-
- If you have a problem, chances are you can fix it without
- needing to get help. Try the following:
-
- If the game says you have insufficient memory, or if it crashes,
- try rebooting without loading any TSR programs, such as your
- disk cache.
-
- If the screen is to dark to see, try turning up the brightness
- on your monitor.
-
- If you are unable to fix your problems, try contacting us via
- electronic mail: **ao545@lafn.org**. Make sure you include
- your computer configuration and what you were trying to do when
- you encountered the problem. Also include any error messages
- that were displayed.
-
- **3. How to Contact Us**
- **====================**
-
- Write to:
-
- **AGCrump**
- **24708 Wisteria Lane**
- **Moreno Valley, CA 92557**
-
- E-mail:
-
- **ao545@lafn.org**
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- MahJongg Solitaire Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Arthur Crump
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